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Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 9m
Tennessee Williams
A raw, sprawling dramatization of real events at a Philadelphia prison in 1937.
NOMINEE! 1999 Tony Award for Best Play
An early work by the revered playwright that caused a sensation in Houston, New York, and London. This is a raw, sprawling dramatization of real events at a Philadelphia prison in 1937. Convicts who led a hunger strike to protest conditions were locked in a scalding cell where four of them died. Eva, a woman looking for work during the Great Depression, takes on a secretarial job at a prison. During her tenure, she bears witness to the staff's harsh treatment of inmates, and watches as a number of prisoners try to overthrow their overseer and escape their conditions. Williams presents a rough, complex portrait of Depression-era imprisonment.
Not About Nightingales premiered at the Alley Theatre in Houston, TX in June 1998 under the direction of Trevor Nunn.
THE VOICE OF THE LORELEI MRS. BRISTOL EVA CRANE JIM ALLISON (Canary Jim) BOSS WHALEN - the warden JACK BRISTOL (Sailor Jack) SCHULTZ - a guard BUTCH O'FALLON THE QUEEN JOE MCBURNEY - a guard OLIVER ARMSTEAD (Ollie) SHAPIRO JEREMY TROUT (Swifty) MEX KRAUSE ALBERTS TOM CHAPLAIN REVEREND HOOKER GOLDIE CHICK GUARDS, CONVICTS, TROOPERS
A large American prison during the summer of 1938.
"The emotions, both savage and painfully delicate, that saturate this work are arguably more rich and varied in tone than those of any American dramatist." - The New York Times
REVIEWS
"Enthralling...A feverish, full strength compassion for people in cages makes Nightingales fly toward a realm of pain and beauty that is the province of greatness...The emotions, both savage and painfully delicate, that saturate this work are arguably more rich and varied in tone than those of any American dramatist...The voices of Williams's entrapped nightingales...refuse to fade when the play is plunged into its concluding darkness." - The New York Times
"The best American play so far this season...It adds to the reputation of one of America's greatest playwrights." - The New York Daily News
"Fascinating." - The New York Post
"Changes our perception of a major writer and still packs a hefty political punch." - London Independent
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